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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in Nebraska

1 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master's in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Natural Resources & Conservation is the 26th most popular major in the country with 30,341 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,196 and had an average of $25,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 159 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,125 and $39,708 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources and conservation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources and conservation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska master’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 17 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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